LoKz Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Sony Paid Warner Bros. $400 Million to Go Blu-Ray? eldavojohn writes "How much would you pay to be the leading video media technology right now? Is $400 million too much? Sony didn't think so and this article speculates that's how they won the Hi-Def format war. 'With billions of dollars in global sales at stake, experts had predicted the Toshiba-Sony battle would go on for years - not unlike the 1980s battle of videotape formats between VHS (Matsushita) and Betamax (Sony). That war lasted a decade, leaving Sony battered and humiliated. So how did this epic battle come to such an abrupt end? The answer lies in part with the bruising Sony experienced with Betamax, which, like Blu-ray, was also the better product on paper.'" Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dock98 Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 i bought a beta max,it was less expensive than the other at the time.who knew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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